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Leadership
Greg Farmer (he/him), executive editor, 816-234-4321, gfarmer@kcstar.com
Editors
Jennifer Babich (she/her), assistant breaking news editor, jbabich@kcstar.com
Scott Chasen (he/him), assistant sports editor, schasen@kcstar.com
Ian Cummings (he/him), assistant managing editor for breaking news, icummings@kcstar.com
Allison Dikanovic (she/her), service editor, adikanovic@kcstar.com
Derek Donovan (he/him), interim opinion editor, ddonovan@kcstar.com
Todd Feeback (he/him), assistant visuals editor, tfeeback@kcstar.com
Sharon Hoffmann (she/her), enterprise editor, shoffmann@kcstar.com
Chick Howland (he/him), investigations editor, chowland@kcstar.com
Bryan Lowry (he/him), politics editor, blowry@kcstar.com
Chris Ochsner (he/him), visuals editor, cochsner@kcstar.com
Maria Martin (she/her), suburban editor, mmartin@kcstar.com
Jeff Rosen (he/him), assistant managing editor for sports, jrosen@kcstar.com
Mará Rose Williams (she/her), assistant managing editor for race and equity, mdwilliams@kcstar.com
Hannah Wise (she/her), audience development editor, hwise@kcstar.com
Reporters, Visual Journalists, Producers and Columnists
Eric Adler (he/him), depth reporter, eadler@kcstar.com
J.M. Banks (he/him), culture and identity reporter, jbanks@kcstar.com
Laura Bauer (she/her), investigations reporter, lbauer@kcstar.com
Kacen Bayless (he/him), Missouri state government and politics, kbayless@kcstar.com
Gary Bedore (he/him), University of Kansas sports, gbedore@kcstar.com
Katie Bernard (she/her), Kansas state government and politics, cbernard@kcstar.com
Chandler Boese (she/her), senior audience growth and engagement producer, cboese@kcstar.com
Alison Booth (she/her), audience engagement producer, abooth@kcstar.com
Robert A. Cronkleton (he/him), breaking news reporter, bcronkleton@kcstar.com
Emily Curiel (she/her), visual journalist, ecuriel@kcstar.com
Monty Davis (he/him), video producer, madavis@kcstar.com
Daniel Desrochers (he/him), Washington, D.C., correspondent, ddesrochers@kcstar.com
Matti Gellman (she/her), breaking news reporter, mgellman@kcstar.com
Pete Grathoff (he/him), trending sports reporter, pgrathoff@kcstar.com
Vahe Gregorian (he/him), sports columnist, vgregorian@kcstar.com
Lisa Gutierrez (she/her), Kansas City life reporter, lgutierrez@kcstar.com
Kevin Hardy (he/him), investigations reporter, khardy@kcstar.com
Mike Hendricks (he/him), investigations reporter, mhendricks@kcstar.com
Joseph Hernandez (he/him), service reporter, jhernandez@kcstar.com
David Hudnall (he/him), narrative writer, dhudnall@kcstar.com
Dan Kelly (he/him), entertainment and calendar reporter, dkelly@kcstar.com
Blair Kerkhoff (he/him), Chiefs, podcasts, bkerkhoff@kcstar.com
Andrea Klick (she/her), breaking news reporter, aklick@kcstar.com
Shreyas Laddha (he/him), University of Kansas sports, sladdha@kcstar.com
Tammy Ljungblad (she/her), visual journalist, tljungblad@kcstar.com
Bill Lukitsch (he/him), breaking news reporter, blukitsch@kcstar.com
Randy Mason (he/him), video producer, rmason@kcstar.com
Sam McDowell (he/him), sports columnist, smcdowell@kcstar.com
Katie Moore (she/her), breaking news and enterprise reporter, kamoore@kcstar.com
Neil Nakahodo (he/him), graphic artist and designer, nnakahodo@kcstar.com
Jesse Newell (he/him), Chiefs, jnewell@kcstar.com
Luke Nozicka (he/him), investigations reporter, lnozicka@kcstar.com
Kynala Phillips (she/her), service reporter, kphillips@kcstar.com
Toriano Porter (he/him), opinion writer and columnist, tporter@kcstar.com
Glenn E. Rice (he/him), investigations reporter, grice@kcstar.com
Sarah Ritter (she/her), K-12 education reporter, sritter@kcstar.com
Kellis Robinett (he/him), Kansas State sports, krobinett@wichitaeagle.com
Jonathan Shorman (he/him), lead political reporter, jshorman@kcstar.com
Joyce Smith (she/her), restaurant and retail reporter, jsmith@kcstar.com
Anna Spoerre (she/her), breaking news reporter, aspoerre@kcstar.com
Rich Sugg (he/him), visual journalist, rsugg@kcstar.com
Herbie Teope (he/him), Chiefs, hteope@kcstar.com
Judy L. Thomas (she/her), investigations reporter, jthomas@kcstar.com
Jenna Thompson (she/her), breaking news reporter, jthompson@kcstar.com
Nick Wagner (he/him), visual journalist, nwagner@kcstar.com
Natalie Wallington (she/her), service reporter, nwallington@kcstar.com
Irvin Zhang (he/him), newsletter writer, izhang@kcstar.com
